Think Regular Economy is Cramped Enough? Wait Until You See This…

Very few of us can stand flying economy, but that’s about to become a pun on words. With China’s Spring Airlines’ new proposition to increase capacity by up to 40% on short-haul flights, the budget carrier announced its interest in a seat design called SkyRider, which are semi-standing, saddle-style, vertical seats.

The SkyRider seats are designed to force passengers to bear some of their weight on their legs, with their backs “rested” against the seatback directly ahead. Much like a roller coaster at an amusement park, seatbelts on these SkyRider “seats” secure the passenger by the shoulders and upper body, instead of across the hips/lap.

While normal domestic economy seats usually have a pitch (the distance between your seat and the seat in front of you) of around 30″, this new engineering features a pitch of only 23″ – talk about a tight squeeze!

Just curious, would you ever consider flying in a “vertical standing seat?” if it truly was offered as a discount? If so, exactly how much of a discount in fare would it take for you to bite the bullet?

These have been pitched for several years now. When I first heard of them, everyone said RyanAir would be first customer. The “news” is someone may actually be putting them in planes. But is there a link to a press release stating this as fact?

Wow… that’s disgusting. Companies are really going to great lengths to make people hate flying… I don’t see that happening in the US, though. Where the average adult is usually bigger in size and width than in the rest of the world, maybe it’ll fly in Asia, not here.

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